Iranian yacht Kish explained

Kish (Persian: کیش) was a royal yacht of the Shah of Iran named after Kish Island. It sailed in the Persian Gulf, in contrast to the bigger but older yacht Chahsevar that was in the Caspian Sea.

Kish was completed in 1970 by Yacht and Bootswerft, West Germany. After the Iranian Revolution, she was reportedly refitted in Bandar Abbas and then used as a training ship. Her fate is unknown although she may be a yacht abandoned on the Raritan River, New Jersey for many years^{[1] [2] [3]} (coordinates of its location 40.4845149, -74.3923997).

Description

The yacht displaced up to 178t at full load.Kish was 37.2m (122feet) long, had a beam of 7.6m (24.9feet) and a draft of 2.2m (07.2feet). She had a pair of MTU diesel engines that rotated two shaft with a nominal power of 2920bhp. The top speed of the vessel is recorded as 20kn. She had a navigation radar working on I-band.

Notes and References

1. News: Jones. Richard G.. 2007-03-05. From Ferrying Thousands Daily to Rusting Away by the Turnpike. en-US. The New York Times. 2021-07-11. 0362-4331.
2. Web site: Dwarbi. 2007-08-20. dwarbi's roof: The Mary Murray & The Shah of Iran's Yacht. 2021-07-11. dwarbi's roof.
3. Web site: r/Yachts - Need help identifying this yacht. She was abandoned next to the MV Mary Murray off of the New Jersey Turnpike; The yacht looks like it's from the 1970's.. 2021-07-11. reddit. 15 June 2021. en-US.